Broad beans will save the world

[Tommy Tainant]

Broad beans could be the cure to Britain’s blues, says Cambridge research scientist

Sustainable and nutritious, fava beans are being hailed by Nadia Mohd-Radzman as vital for the UK’s mental health

www.theguardian.com

They probably already would but there is no profit in broad beans. My late neighbour was King Bean and I gave up growing them because he brought us more beans than we could handle.

I may start up again. Ive got the canes still.

 

[odanny]

Beans are truly a wonder drug, the health benefits they provide, and I"m sorry to say I'm not taking advantage of them enough, although I just made some Loubya soup and froze it. This is the first time I"ve heard of actual mental benefits of eating them. I will be learning more about theae.

 

[Invisibleflash]

Broad beans could be the cure to Britain’s blues, says Cambridge research scientist

Sustainable and nutritious, fava beans are being hailed by Nadia Mohd-Radzman as vital for the UK’s mental health

www.theguardian.com

They probably already would but there is no profit in broad beans. My late neighbour was King Bean and I gave up growing them because he brought us more beans than we could handle.

I may start up again. Ive got the canes still.

This should go under the Survival / Prepping section...if they would make one here.

I'm no good at gardening. You have to be a slave to it. I do grow fruit tree, lots of them. They are self-sufficient once established...more or less.

 

[tyroneweaver]

so lets have beans for every meal

 

[Hellokitty]

Never heard of broad beans. Are they like edamame where you don't eat the pod?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Beans are truly a wonder drug, the health benefits they provide, and I"m sorry to say I'm not taking advantage of them enough, although I just made some Loubya soup and froze it. This is the first time I"ve heard of actual mental benefits of eating them. I will be learning more about theae.

Whats in the soup ?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Never heard of broad beans. Are they like edamame where you don't eat the pod?

I think you call them Fava beans. Lecter had some interesting recipes. I saw a cooking show where the cook did things with the pods. Soup I think. Maybe wine ?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

so lets have beans for every meal

Steady!!

 

[Tommy Tainant]

This should go under the Survival / Prepping section...if they would make one here.

I'm no good at gardening. You have to be a slave to it. I do grow fruit tree, lots of them. They are self-sufficient once established...more or less.

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These are easy. They do all the work climbing the canes.

 

[odanny]

Whats in the soup ?

Loubya is Arabic for "bean", it is a simple North African soup of tomato paste, water, garlic, onions, cumin and Cannellini beans.

 

[odanny]

Never heard of broad beans. Are they like edamame where you don't eat the pod?

While the beans are young, barely longer than your index finger, you can eat them pod and all. A few weeks on, each shelled bean no larger than the diameter of penny piece, they are good for eating in their thin paper skins. Even when they are as old as the hills, when the pods are lumpy and the shape of the beans is clearly visible through the fur-lined pod, they can be steamed, popped from their skins and mashed to a creamy paste for eating with flatbreads.

Nigel Slater's broad bean recipes

Wrapped in rice paper or served on lightly toasted sourdough, broad beans make a simple supper into a feast, says Nigel Slater

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hellokitty]

This should go under the Survival / Prepping section...if they would make one here.

I'm no good at gardening. You have to be a slave to it. I do grow fruit tree, lots of them. They are self-sufficient once established...more or less.

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Question
Do you have to have 2 of the same fruit trees?
We had some landscaping done and they planted 1 small apple tree and 1 small fig or pear I can't remember. Will these ever produce fruit with just 1 tree? Both trees are I'm hoping as big as they will get.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Question
Do you have to have 2 of the same fruit trees?
We had some landscaping done and they planted 1 small apple tree and 1 small fig or pear I can't remember. Will these ever produce fruit with just 1 tree? Both trees are I'm hoping as big as they will get.

I think apple trees do. Maybe your neighbour has an apple tree.?

 

[Dekster]

I think apple trees do. Maybe your neighbour has an apple tree.?

Depends on whether they are a self-fertilizing variety. Some apple trees need a different other variety to produce.

As for your beans, do as you like. We grow a few different types of other beans. Not a huge fan of them as a crop just because they are labor intensive.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Depends on whether they are a self-fertilizing variety. Some apple trees need a different other variety to produce.

As for your beans, do as you like. We grow a few different types of other beans. Not a huge fan of them as a crop just because they are labor intensive.

Ive only recently taken them up. Well a few years ago.
My nan used to cook them when I was little. She made a stew with the beans and thick creamy sauce and bacon. It looked interesting and she treated like a delicay.
I always dodged it because I hated "Old people food"..
I suspect it was a recipe from harder times., Ive never seen it since. I asked Mrs T about it and she told me I was delusional. And she is Irish. They know all about poverty.

 

[Hellokitty]

I think apple trees do. Maybe your neighbour has an apple tree.?

I asked when they planted trees and they said something about as long as there's another same fruit tree in a mile radius. I thought it was pointless to plant fruit trees that wouldn't produce but the size worked so I really didn't care.
My direct neighbor is going to be planting some fruit trees, does it need to be the same kind of apple tree or just any apple tree?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I asked when they planted trees and they said something about as long as there's another same fruit tree in a mile radius. I thought it was pointless to plant fruit trees that wouldn't produce but the size worked so I really didn't care.
My direct neighbor is going to be planting some fruit trees, does it need to be the same kind of apple tree or just any apple tree?

Its worth a try, We had 2 apple trees and had cooking apples every year. My wife didnt like them and got some fell to cut them down when I was on a course. Never forgave her.
Nest door had an apple tree just one. Gave fruit every year.

 

[Dekster]

Ive only recently taken them up. Well a few years ago.
My nan used to cook them when I was little. She made a stew with the beans and thick creamy sauce and bacon. It looked interesting and she treated like a delicay.
I always dodged it because I hated "Old people food"..
I suspect it was a recipe from harder times., Ive never seen it since. I asked Mrs T about it and she told me I was delusional. And she is Irish. They know all about poverty.

I was like that with lima beans. Never much cared for them because of the crap barely even warmed up half-raw "succotash" straight of the can version we had too often in elementary school though. It was only after he retired my dad started cooking them and it was like a reinvention of the lima bean for me. Would cook them low and slow for hours with some ham, stirring often, and they became this creamy goodness I couldn't get enough of.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I was like that with lima beans. Never much cared for them because of the crap barely even warmed up half-raw "succotash" straight of the can version we had too often in elementary school though. It was only after he retired my dad started cooking them and it was like a reinvention of the lima bean for me. Would cook them low and slow for hours with some ham, stirring often, and they became this creamy goodness I couldn't get enough of.

I dont think we grow lima beans. What do they look like ?

 

[Dekster]

I dont think we grow lima beans. What do they look like ?

Lima bean - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I do grow the christmas version that is shown in the wiki page (scarlet and white beans)